Wellington (New Zealand), April 3 (IANS) A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck off the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu on Sunday and a tsunami alert has been issued, reports said. The quake struck 146 km north-northwest…
Moscow, April 3 (IANS) A building of the Russian defence ministry caught fire in Moscow on Sunday, Firefighters were rushed to the site, and at least five people were evacuated, Tass quoted Moscow’s law enforcement…
Paris, April 3 (IANS) Several consecutive explosions rocked an industrial zone near the southwestern French city of Bordeaux early Sunday, the media reported. The blasts occurred around 6.40 a.m. (local time) in a company transporting…
Paris, April 3 (IANS) Several consecutive explosions rocked an industrial zone near the southwestern French city of Bordeaux early Sunday, local media reported. There is no news about any casualties.
Dhaka, April 3 (IANS) The appellate court here has deferred the hearing on a petition of Motiur Rahman Nizami, chief of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party, to review the Supreme Court verdict upholding his death sentence….
Canberra, April 3 (IANS) Australian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester confirmed on Sunday that another piece of debris, found in Mauritius, will be examined in connection to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday termed the killing of inspector Tanzil Ahmad in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district as a “planned attack”. “In an planned attack, NIA inspector Tanzil…
Lucknow, April 3 (IANS) A National Investigation Agency (NIA) inspector was shot dead by unidentified assailants while returning from a wedding in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district, police said on Sunday. Tanzil Ahmad, deputy superintendent of…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) A National Investigation Agency inspector was shot dead while returning from a wedding in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district, sources said on Sunday. Inspector Mohammad Tanzil and his wife were shot…
Port-Louis, April 3 (IANS) Suspected fragments of Malaysian Airline’s missing MH 370 flight has been found by a French couple on Rodrigues Island, an autonomous region of the Republic of Mauritius. According to local reports,…
Nicosia, April 3 (IANS) Egypt has asked Cyprus to extradite a man held by Cypriot police on suspicion of hijacking an EgyptAir plane on Tuesday and forcing it to land at Larnaca, Cypriot Attorney General…
Lucknow, April 3 (IANS) Security forces on Saturday regained control of the Varanasi jail and secured the safe release of jail superintendent Ashish Tiwari. Tiwari was taken hostage by the inmates, who were protesting bad…
Ahmedabad, April 3 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court on Saturday issued notice to Shyamal Sharma, wife of suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma, to appear before it on June 15, 2016, in connection with a case…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) In a bizarre incident, a 22-year-old man called police and told them he was going to commit suicide before hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his house here, police…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday ordered suspension of a senior official of the Value Added Tax (VAT) department on corruption charges, an official said. The action was…
Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) Ligature marks were detected on the neck of popular TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee, indicating death due to asphyxiation and hanging, according to a preliminary autopsy on Saturday evening. A team of…
Kolkata: Rescue operations underway at the site where a part of a portion of Vivekananda Flyover collapsed in Kolkata on April 1, 2016. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) The toll in flyover collapse…
Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) Strangulation marks were detected on the neck of popular TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee, indicating death due to asphyxiation and hanging, according to a preliminary autopsy on Saturday evening. The “Balika Vadhu”…
Ahmedabad, April 2 (IANS) A special CBI court here on Saturday overruled the CBI’s objections and modified its earlier order to allow retired IPS officer D.G. Vanzara to return to his home in Gujarat. Vanzara…
Mumbai: Television actress Pratyusha Banerjee during Vh1 Supersonic launch party, in Mumbai on Sep 30, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, April 2 (IANS) The body of TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee, who allegedly committed suicide on Friday,…